Mobile Search

Getting your site ready for mobile-first indexing
Google Blog
December 18, 2017
Currently our crawling, indexing, and ranking systems typically look at the desktop version of a page’s content, which may cause issues for mobile searchers when that version is vastly different from the mobile [Read more..]

Keep it Local: How and Why Simple Blogging will Help Your Small Business
by Scott W Johnson, NoobPreneur.com
October 28, 2017
Step One: The Exact Same Listing, Every Time
Before you go and spend tons of money hiring people to do all sorts of search engine marketing, the very first thing you [Read more..]

Google’s Mobile First Index is not expected top go live until some time next year (2018).
But that doesn’t mean you should wait until 2018 to make sure your site conforms to the mobile search criteria.
Prepare now and you’ll get the “ready now” bonus when Google starts [Read more..]

From a recent post by LSA Insider, 57% Unlikely to Buy Online from Biz with Poor Mobile Experience:
Studies continue to show that poor mobile experiences result in businesses and brands being overlooked by customers.
According to a new study, 57% of consumers said they were not likely to [Read more..]

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has just released a report on the state of ecommerce and online business presence in Canada. This study
investigates the growing importance of e-commerce to Canadian retailers. CIRA’s research looked at online purchasing behaviours of both [Read more..]

Automattic Releases WordPress Plugin for Facebook’s Instant Articles
by Sarah Gooding, WordPress Tavern
March 7, 2016
Today the WordPress.com VIP team released a plugin for Facebook’s Instant Articles, which will be open to any publisher starting April 12, 2016. Automattic partnered with [Read more..]

Automatically make phone numbers clickable on smart phones and tablets
I just came a cross a plugin for WordPress sites called WP Phone Number.
This is a simple but ingenious little plugin that does what it says it can do without any fuss or fanfare.
There are no settings for this plugin. Simply [Read more..]